The Facts

Cody Porter

The Facts
In the book The Plot Against America, the writer Philip Roth turns history around where Franklin D. Roosavelt doesn't win a third term and the Nazi forces are on the brink of world domination. the chart below should help when seperating fact from fiction.

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	Facts	Fiction
Roosevelt	FDR won the third election (he's the only one who ever did that). FDR was the president during the war until he died of a stroke. FDR asked congress to goto war after the japanese attacked.	FDR won the first two elections but lost the third to Lindburgh. (not much else is said about him)
Lindburgh	Flew from the U.S. to Paris by himself in 33 hours. March 1, 1932, 20-month old Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., was abducted by an intruder. Lindburgh went to Germany an told U.S. about the air power Germany had. he recieved a metal from the Nazi's during WWII for his flight he refused to return it saying:"It seems to me that the returning of decorations, would be an unnecessary insult."	he preformed the famous flight. his baby was taken. Lindburgh went to Germany for "reconnaissance" he recieved a metal from the Nazi's and refused to return it. the big story changer is that Lindburgh became President beeting Roosevelt.
entry into the war Battleship Arizona	Dec. 7,1941 the Japanese imperial forces attacked Pearl Harbor killing 2,400 Americans and wounded another 1,200 Roosevelt declare's war on Japan Germany declare's war on U.S.	Lindburgh keeps us ot of the war by making treaties with the Gremans and Japanese allowing them to continue there campaigns.
the war so far	WWII was almost lost in the eastern front( Russia) the Nazi campain used the military tec hnique called "blitzkrieg" or lightning war. the attack was haulted though, when the Russain forces were able to mass at stalingrad and push the Germans back to the german boarder. the russain winter also played a key role in the deterioration of the Nazi forces.	The war is almost over for the Allies when the Eastern front is attacked. the Nazise attack swiftly. they are stopped at Stalingrad because of the feirce winter and battles. they seem to have taken slight casualties but are not pushed out of Russia and are going to continue the campaign.
Joachim von Ribbentrop	* He joined the Nazi party in 1932 he also helped influance the "final solution" with the jewish community he was made the foriegn adviser to Hitler in 1933 after the war he was condemned to death by hanging after his trial- he killed himself with cianide pills the night before	The Nazi general that was the foriegn policy adviser to Hitler. he went to the White House for a dinner with the President to maintain the peace the two nations had. he is seen to be just as bad as Himmler or other Nazi's by the Roth family
Walter Winchell	* he was very popular person (Jewish) that was on the radio he never ran fo president he was killed by prostate cancer at the age of 74 he was one of the first Americans to talk about the Nazi threat to the Jewish comunittee	* He is a very opinionated / popular person (Jewish) after being fired from his radio station he ran for president against Lindburg. when running he spoke out about how Lindburg ran the country. many riots soon followed. He was killed after being shot when giving a speech. attacks Hitleers views over the radio.
Jewish America	* The Jewish community was outraged with the war in Europe, since the late 1930's there were constant protests about the war from 1936-1944 no riots erupted from not entering the war sooner	in the book many people in the Jewish community are outraged by the actions of Lindburgh. the other half agree's with his dicission to stay out of the war. riots DID erupt after Lindburgh didn't go to war.